Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending September 16, 2001

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 50th week of the 2000-01 television broadcast season. Final 18-49 and viewership data are available for Monday programs on all networks, Wednesday through Friday for only UPN & WB, and all networks on Saturday and Sunday. Due to the events of September 11, 2001, NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX aired wall-to-wall news programming from Tuesday through Friday (UPN & WB only did this on Tuesday) so Nielsen did not report the final ratings for any of those networks for those days. Overnight ratings were still available for those days so those are provided in the second chart along with the cumulative news viewership that Nielsen did report. Cable ratings for this week (presented in both households & total viewers) are included in charts below the broadcast ratings. Note: all broadcast viewership for this week was only available to the first decimal-place and reruns are included in the list this week.

Broadcast ratings:

SHOW	DAY	NET	18-49 Rating	Viewers (millions)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	MON	ABC	3.9/12	13.7
Monday Night Football	MON	ABC	8.4/24	19.8
The King of Queens	MON	CBS	3.5/11	9.1
Everybody Loves Raymond (8:30pm)	MON	CBS	4.0/11	10.2
Everybody Loves Raymond (9pm)	MON	CBS	4.8/13	14.0
Becker	MON	CBS	3.6/9	11.0
Family Law	MON	CBS	2.1/6	6.6
Weakest Link	MON	NBC	2.8/8	8.2
Third Watch	MON	NBC	2.5/6	6.7
Dateline NBC	MON	NBC	3.6/10	10.6
Boston Public	MON	FOX	2.5/7	5.3
Ally McBeal	MON	FOX	2.2/6	4.7
The Hughley's	MON	UPN	1.9/6	4.1
One on One	MON	UPN	2.2/6	5.0
The Parkers	MON	UPN	2.3/6	5.4
Girlfriends	MON	UPN	2.4/6	5.2
7th Heaven	MON	WB	1.7/5	4.4
Angel	MON	WB	0.9/2	2.1
Star Trek: Voyager	WED	UPN	1.0/3	2.3
Special Unit 2	WED	UPN	0.7/2	2.3
7th Heaven	WED	WB	0.9/3	2.7
Gilmore Girls	WED	WB	1.4/3	2.9
WWF Smackdown	THU	UPN	2.6/7	6.1
Sabrina Down Under	THU	WB	1.3/3	3.4
Max Knight: Ultra Spy	FRI	UPN	0.8/3	1.9
Sabrina Goes to Rome	FRI	WB	1.2/4	3.7
Hope Floats	SAT	ABC	2.5/8	6.7
Touched by an Angel (8pm)	SAT	CBS	1.3/4	4.9
Touched by an Angel (9pm)	SAT	CBS	1.7/5	5.8
The District	SAT	CBS	2.1/6	7.4
Growing Up Brady	SAT	NBC	1.5/4	3.8
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth	SUN	ABC	2.2/6	6.2
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	SUN	ABC	3.1/7	9.6
60 Minutes	SUN	CBS	3.0/9	14.3
Touched by an Angel	SUN	CBS	2.0/5	7.7
The Moving of Sophia Myles	SUN	CBS	1.8/4	6.6
Law & Order (9pm)	SUN	NBC	3.5/8	10.3
Law & Order (10pm)	SUN	NBC	3.4/9	9.6
That 70s Show	SUN	FOX	2.3/8	4.6
Mrs. Doubtfire	SUN	FOX	4.5/12	10.1
The Steve Harvey Show	SUN	WB	0.9/3	2.3
Why Do Fools Fall in Love	SUN	WB	1.1/3	2.9

Overnight ratings (Big 4 Networks Tuesday through Friday):

SHOW	DAY	NET	Overnight Rating	Viewers (millions)
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	NBC	14.7/20	79.5
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	ABC	12.0/17
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	CBS	10.2/14
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	FOX	5.0/7
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	UPN	1.8/2
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	TUE	WB	2.2/3
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	WED	NBC	11.2/16	54.8
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	WED	ABC	9.5/14
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	WED	CBS	8.3/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	WED	FOX	4.5/7
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	THU	NBC	11.0/16	52.8
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	THU	ABC	10.7/16
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	THU	CBS	8.0/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	THU	FOX	4.2/6
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FRI	NBC	6.8/12	N/A
ABC News	FRI	ABC	7.5/14
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FRI	ABC	7.1/14
20/20 Special	FRI	ABC	6.6/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FRI	CBS	6.4/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FRI	FOX	2.4/4

Cable ratings by viewership:

Show	NET	Viewers (millions)
BUSH ADDRS/USA ATTACKED	CNN	10.598
EXPLOSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN	CNN	9.180
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	9.867
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	10.143
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	9.467
RUMSFELD PC/USA ATTACKED	CNN	9.177
ASHCROFT PC/USA ATTACKED	CNN	8.401
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS BRF	CNN	8.662
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	8.342
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	6.619
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	6.585
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	6.932
TALIBAN NEWS CONFERENCE	CNN	6.694
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	6.676
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	8.644
PREMIUM CABLE
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	7.271
SPACE COWBOYS	HBO	5.244
THE SOPRANOS	HBO	4.046
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	2.777
X-MEN	HBO	2.953

Cable ratings by households:

SHOW	NET	DAY	HH Rating	Households (millions)
BUSH ADDRS/USA ATTACKED	CNN	Tue	6.2	6.539
EXPLOSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN	CNN	Tue	6.0	6.351
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	6.0	6.336
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	6.0	6.328
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.9	6.253
RUMSFELD PC/USA ATTACKED	CNN	Tue	5.8	6.115
ASHCROFT PC/USA ATTACKED	CNN	Tue	5.6	5.876
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS BRF	CNN	Tue	5.5	5.843
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.5	5.763
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.1	5.331
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.1	5.328
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.0	5.324
TALIBAN NEWS CONFERENCE	CNN	Tue	5.0	5.289
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Wed	5.0	5.277
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	5.0	5.244
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	-	5.085
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	-	4.956
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	-	4.904
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	-	4.895
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	-	4.818
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	-	4.807
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	-	4.797

Cable Ratings (18-49):

SHOW	NET	DAY	TIME	Adults 18-49 (millions)
Bush Address/USA Attacked	CNN	Tue	08:32P-08:38P	5.589
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	08:00P-08:30P	5.183
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	07:30P-08:00P	5.051
Rumsfeld PC/USA Attacked	CNN	Tue	06:44P-06:55P	4.461
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	08:38P-09:00P	4.437
Explosions In Afghanistan	CNN	Tue	05:58P-06:32P	4.421
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	06:35P-06:44P	4.397
Congressional Leaders Brief	CNN	Tue	07:24P-07:30P	4.303
Ashcroft PC/USA Attacked	CNN	Tue	07:16P-07:24P	4.140
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	06:59P-07:16P	3.966

Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Hollywood Reporter, Zap2it, and Media Life Magazine